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Music Class: Lost Boyz - Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz

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* now THIS may be the group that is the most forgotten when they talk about the great era in hip hop...these dudes were ILL and came on the scene crazy hard. Looking back the beats lyrics style flows and the dances? The death of Tah really devastated them and its interesting cause back in the day I don't believe realized how much he added to Cheek's whole aura.

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Intro: Mr.Cheeks

Yeah
LB fam finally up in this piece
Got my mans that put me on, you know what I'm sayin
Want a shout out to the Uptown, know what sayin
Word up
MCA, this is how we do everyday
Me and Freaky Tah..hah
Pretty Lou, my man, Spigg Nice
We be gettin' down representin
So this is how we go
Let me let you know, how
It be, in da, G-H-E, double T-O
Ryhme name ho
They be runnin' shit down the line
Hey, if you hear a mistake rewind

Verse One:

Whose the best whose the worst in this here rap game
For those who claim to be the best
I tear them out the frame
I'm representin' puttin' Queens on the map (you wear)
Double springs, wit some baggy jeans when I rap
Come up with a style to make con-versital
Don't treat me like no lame I've been in this game for awhile
I've seen alot ta come,(come)
I've seen alot a go(go), I've seen alot ta break
I've seen alot to blow, a yo
It's a trip to see a nigga slip
Geta grip nigga, nigga geta grip, geta
You don't even know the half of my crew
To be talking, but you're talking and you act like you knew
Yo set it, you fuckin' crossed the line and hit the border
LB fam start attacking some attacking outa order
Put on your leather gloves, and hats and get your picture mats
And get the gats just in case you take it to the stacks

Chorus:

Shout out to the Jeeps
It's the Lex Coups, Bimas and the Benz(and the Benz)
To all my ladies and my men(my men)
To all my peoples in the pen(in the pen)
Keep your head up
And to the hoods(the hood)
East Coast, West Coast and World Wide(world wide)
Ain't nuttin' wrong with puffin' on lai(on lai)
And if you're with me let me hear you say "Ri-ght"

Verse Two:

Now a ... Now... Now a dayz
Niggas frontin' like they ill(like they ill)
Now bustin' caps ain't got a muthafuckin'
Thing to do to show his skill
Recognize, nigga what you frontin' for
I know your style
You neva hit a blunt before
Oh, your just another in the race (man you betta stop)
Fakin' gats, takin' up space
To me your nuttin' but a needle in the hay stack
Listen kid I've been doing this since way back
In the day, Ace Duce Tre, at the best
Up to Zimbobwae, hey
Whose the best, I want the best to come test me
So I can release some stress from my chest G
Is you down to go pound for pound
Toe to toe, blow for blow, round for round
I'm wonderin' cuz I bring the thunder and the rain
Causin' confusion to your brain

Chorus

Verse Three:

Keep the shit live for the year Nine Five
I got more niggas in my tribe
Than theres beez in the bee hive
LB Fam everyday stay high
Mr. Cheeks, everyday high
Concentrate to get my shit straight, make us wait
Before it's too fuckin' late
The Lost Boyz, yeah that's who I be'z wit
That's who I runs wit
Who I smoke Treez wit
Pack your bags, head outta town
I'll be back around so be gone before sundown
From Jamaica comes a nigga named Cheeks
With techniques of the streets
Over rough neck beats
This room is going bounce about the Cheeks can't remember
I'm the muthafucker choppin' crews like a chainsaw
Talk what you what ta
Do what you gotta
Well let me tell you something man you can't do me nadda

Chorus

Outro
Now if you listen to my album, you see we only deal
Wit the real deal street life
 
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From a down south cat, I was always a fan. This was one of my favorite joints, esp. during the summertime.
 
I feel like that back and forth between Cheeks and Freaky was so unique...

it merged the old school routines and sing/song from the golden era and added in some pop locking/dancing and the new school.

But Cheeks LYRICS weren't really appreciated I feel outside the CLASSIC Renee'
 


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Mr. Cheeks of Lost Boyz – Interview
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Posted by: Dread Solo in Hip Hop News, InterviewsJune 4, 2014Comments Off 20 Views

Thank you for taking the time out for this interview. For people who do not know already, can you tell me a little about Mr. Cheeks?

I am the lead emcee from the legendary rap group Lost Boyz. I have a catalog of joints I put out, “Renee, Lifestyles of the Rich & Shameless, Lex Coups Bimaz and Benz, Music Makes Me High, Me & My Crazy World, and Lights Camera Action.” Just to name a few.

Lost Boyz are a staple when mid 90′s Hip Hop comes to mind. Would you have been equally as motivated if you did not meet Freaky Tah, Spiggy Nice, and Pretty Lou?

I don’t know who I’d be if I didn’t meet Tah. But I do know the music wouldn’t be the same without him.

What you’ve witnessed growing up in Queens, New York is apparent in your music as a whole. How did you maintain focus early on as a hungry up-and-coming emcee, and not fully take the left turn towards the streets?

Growing up in Queens was good. Gave me what I needed to become who I am, some good, some bad. But, I’m blessed to be able to do something I love to do.

What is one of your most memorable moments in your career as an artist? And why?

The most memorable thing I love about this game is having the opportunity to meet Stevie Wonder, and he treated me like we grew up together. Just that love he showed me let me know I did something.

Having Gil Scott-Heron as an uncle and a guiding hand early on must have been extremely inspiring. Can you touch on this, and explain what role he played as an inspiration to your career?

Having Uncle around just made me more aware to the world; the good, the evil, the okey doke, the betrayal. The beauty of music.

If you could collaborate with one artist, dead or alive, who would it be, and why?

I wanted to work with Guru before he passed. We chilled and built a couple of times but never suited up to play. But, he was a good guy, a good man. I wanted to collab on a jazz album because the joint he did with Mo Betta was hard, and I wanted to rock out with his band and all. Also Marvin Gaye and Luther Vandross. I still have a list of people I want to rock with yet that’s another zone.

What’s your thoughts on the Hip Hop game currently?

I just make music. Not too caught up in what it is about now. Definitely not the same as when you had to have talent. But it is what it is. It’s more about money, watered down kinda. Plus nowadays you speak your mind-you’re a hater. I just say what it is. You do you, I do me.

Can you describe what it was like recording ‘Legal Drug Money’ and elaborate on the chemistry you and the crew had while molding the album?

We made the album off pure love. We went in and did what we do in the parties on the records, you know? Plus from the one when Spiggy would bounce us to the city in the blue joint we had. We had our ups and downs as a crew, but love kept it strong and possible to do the impossible.

What is one thing you would say, or recommend, to a new jack who is hungry and coming up in today’s game?

Be original.

Twitter @MRCHEEKSLBFAM


Photo credit: Darryl Cobb
 
johniz said:
By whom...dudes in NYC and the South rocked this group hard. Including Cali dudes.

BTW, these are my favorited from the SSJ LB fam (used to see them at the Coliseum back in the late '90s)
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Remember, back in the 90s, after the East vs. West beef, came the Commercial vs. Underground beef. Hip-hop "purists" routinely shitted on Cheeks and the Lost Boyz as being too "commercial." I remember people calling him "Mr. Ass Cheeks."

playahaitian said:
I feel like that back and forth between Cheeks and Freaky was so unique...

it merged the old school routines and sing/song from the golden era and added in some pop locking/dancing and the new school.

But Cheeks LYRICS weren't really appreciated I feel outside the CLASSIC Renee'
Click to expand...

"She wants to be a lawyer/ In other words, shorty studies law." :hmm:
 
peace




Was bumping this crazy as we had the album unmastered early 94/5 somewhere through some kats who rocked with BigDex


I remember when BigLez interviewed Tah in the park on RapCity about the LB Stomp where he broke down that it was more of a feeling & a dance. BucknakedTimDog was the A&R on that with them.



HoldYuhHead SpiggNice
BlessTheDead L, Talik & Scam
 

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